Ecological-niche modeling reveals current opportunities for Agave dryland farming in Sonora, Mexico and Arizona, USA

• Hector G. Ortiz Cano ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hector G. Ortiz Cano, J. Ryan Stewart

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: hectoroc@gmail.com

  Affiliation The Holden Arboretum, Kirtland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Robert Hadfield ,

  Roles Investigation

  ¶‡ RH, TG, KH, RMG, SLP, NCH, MTS, JS, TCM, DB and PP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation The Holden Arboretum, Kirtland, Ohio, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7838-3353

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• Teresa Gomez ,

  Roles Data curation

  ¶‡ RH, TG, KH, RMG, SLP, NCH, MTS, JS, TCM, DB and PP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation The Holden Arboretum, Kirtland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Kevin Hultine ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ RH, TG, KH, RMG, SLP, NCH, MTS, JS, TCM, DB and PP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Research, Conservation and Collections, Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

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• Ricardo Mata Gonzalez ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ RH, TG, KH, RMG, SLP, NCH, MTS, JS, TCM, DB and PP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

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• Steven L. Petersen ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ RH, TG, KH, RMG, SLP, NCH, MTS, JS, TCM, DB and PP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation The Holden Arboretum, Kirtland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Neil C. Hansen ,

  Roles Conceptualization

  ¶‡ RH, TG, KH, RMG, SLP, NCH, MTS, JS, TCM, DB and PP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation The Holden Arboretum, Kirtland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Michael T. Searcy ,

  Roles Conceptualization

  ¶‡ RH, TG, KH, RMG, SLP, NCH, MTS, JS, TCM, DB and PP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Anthropology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

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• Jason Stetler ,

  Roles Methodology

  ¶‡ RH, TG, KH, RMG, SLP, NCH, MTS, JS, TCM, DB and PP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation The Holden Arboretum, Kirtland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Teodoro Cervantes Mendívil ,

  Roles Resources

  ¶‡ RH, TG, KH, RMG, SLP, NCH, MTS, JS, TCM, DB and PP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP), Campo Experimental Costa de Hermosillo, Sonora, México

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• David Burchfield ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ RH, TG, KH, RMG, SLP, NCH, MTS, JS, TCM, DB and PP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation The Holden Arboretum, Kirtland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Pilman Park ,

  Roles Conceptualization

  ¶‡ RH, TG, KH, RMG, SLP, NCH, MTS, JS, TCM, DB and PP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Floriculture Research Division, National Institute of Horticulture and Herbal Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju, South Korea

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• J. Ryan Stewart

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hector G. Ortiz Cano, J. Ryan Stewart

  Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation The Holden Arboretum, Kirtland, Ohio, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3841-8210

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